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Income Tax - Permanent Account Number (‘PAN’) is a 10-digit unique identification number issued by the Income Tax department to all judicial persons identifiable under the Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘the Act’). The primary objective of the PAN is to bring a universal tax identification to all the financial transactions and prevent tax evasion by ke...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Quoting of Aadhaar and Linking with PAN is mandatory from Assessment Year 2019-20 The Apex Court in it’s recent judgement dated 04.02.2019 in the case of Union of India vs. Shreya Sen reported in [2019] 104 taxmann.com 160 (SC) has held that linkage of PAN with Aadhaar is mandatory and make it clear that from […]...
Read MoreIncome Tax - CBDT extends due date for linking Aadhaar-PAN till 30th Sep; Mandatory to Quote Aadhaar Number while Filing the Return of Income CBDT extends PAN Aadhar number linking deadline FROM 31ST MARCH 2019 to 30th September 2019. It is mandatory to quote Aadhaar in ITR u/s 139AA(1)(ii) . CBDT Notification 31/2019 dated 31st March 2019. The [&he...
Read MoreIncome Tax - WHY TO GET A PAN NUMBER OR PAN CARD? Obtaining PAN is may be optional or voluntary like passport, driving license, Aadhaar etc. However, its use is mandatory at required places, like PAN for high-value financial transactions, Driving License for motor driving, passport for foreign travel and more. For payment of direct taxes To file [&hel...
Read MoreIncome Tax - CBDT on 19th November, 2018 vide Notification- G.S.R. 1128(E) changed the PAN (Permanent Account Number) card rules in order to prevent tax evasion. The new rules will come into effect from 5th December , 2018. ♣ In the case of a person, being a resident, other than an individual, which enters into a financial transaction of an a...
Read MoreIncome Tax - It has been reported in some sections of the media that those PANs which are not linked with Aadhaar number by 31.03.2019 may be invalidated. The matter has been considered by the Central Government and now the cut-off date for intimating the Aadhaar number and linking PAN with Aadhaar is 30.09.2019, unless specifically exempted....
Read MoreIncome Tax - Link your Aadhaar with PAN today to enjoy seamless Income Tax services online How to link your PAN with Aadhaar Through SMS facility Send SMS to 567678 or 56161 in following format: UIDPAN<SPACE><12 digit Aadhaar><Space><10 digit PAN> Example : SMS to 567678 or 56161: UIDPAN 111122223333 AAAPA9999Q Through a-filing...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Link your PAN with your Bank Account… Get your refund directly, swiftly and securely in your bank account Income Tax Department will Issue only e-refunds from 01.03.2019 Refunds will be given only to bank accounts (savings/current/cash/OD) which are linked with PAN. To check if your bank account is linked with your PAN, login to e...
Read MoreIncome Tax - With effect from September 6, 2015, facility for digital signature certificate (DSC) based PAN application has been enabled in New PAN Form 49A for Individuals. Guideline for DSC based Online Application for New PAN Card in Form 49AA (a) An applicant will fill Form 49AA online and submit the form. Non-citizens of India should only [&helli...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Important Note: Instant e-PAN facility is Free of cost and instant allotment of e-Pan and is available only for a limited period on first come first serve basic for valid Aadhaar holders. Prerequisites for e-PAN: Applicant already having PAN should not apply for e-PAN The e-PAN facility is ONLY for resident individual (Except Minors and...
Read MoreUnion Of India & Ors. Vs Shreya Sen & Anr. (Supreme Court of India) - Thereafter, this Court has decided the matter and upheld the vires of section 139AA of the Income Tax Act. In view thereof, linkage of PAN with Aadhar is mandatory....
Read MoreSardar Vallabhbhai Patel Education Society Vs. ITO (Gujarat High Court) - Mere allotment of PAN under section 139A of the Act would not make the allottee necessarily a separate entity for the purpose of assessment of tax. The statute recognizes certain eventualities where quite outside the requirement of payment of tax and for filing return of income, the Assessing Office...
Read MoreBinoy Viswam Vs Union Of India & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) - (i) We hold that the Parliament was fully competent to enact Section 139AA of the Act and its authority to make this law was not diluted by the orders of this Court. (ii) We do not find any conflict between the provisions of Aadhaar Act and Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act inasmuch as when interp...
Read MoreNagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Hyderabad) - Assessee cannot be held liable to deduct tax at higher of the rates prescribed in section 206AA in case of payments made to non-resident persons having taxable income in India in spite of their failure to furnish the Permanent Account Numbers....
Read MoreCircular No. 6/2019-Income Tax - (31/03/2019) - Returns which were filed prior to 01.04.2019 without quoting of Aadhaar number as an outcome of any decision of different High Courts in a specific case or returns which were filed during the period when the online functionality for filing the return without quoting of Aadhaar number was so availab...
Read MoreNotification No. 31/2019 [S.O. 1495(E)] - (31/03/2019) - Notwithstanding the last date of linking of Aadhaar number with PAN being extended to 30.09.2019 in para 1 above, it is also made clear in Circular No. 6 of 2019 that w.e.f. 01st of April, 2019, it is mandatory to quote Aadhaar number while filing the return of income as required under Section 139AA...
Read MoreNotification 7/2018- DIT (Systems) - (27/12/2018) - CBDT has prescribed procedure formats and standards for issue of permanent account number by which it prescribed that PAN card can be issued Both Physically and Electronically (Online) in PDF Format. Physically PAN card can be issued as Black & White Laminated Card or as Coloured laminated and c...
Read MoreNotification No. 82/2018-Income Tax [G.S.R. 1128(E)] - (19/11/2018) - Whether mother is a single parent and you wish to apply for PAN by furnishing the name of your mother only? Yes No (please tick as applicable) If yes, please fill in mother’s name in the appropriate space provide below. Father’s Name (Mandatory except where mother is a single par...
Read MoreF.No. 370142/40/2016-TPL (Part-I) - (31/08/2018) - CBDT proposed to amend Income Tax Rule 114 related to PAN and proposed to make PAN compulsory for transactions of Rs. 250000 or more and also proposed to amend Form number 49A and Form number 49AA to provide that in case of Kids of Single Mother father’s name shall not be mandatory in PAN applic...
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Circular No. 6/2019-Income Tax - (31/03/2019) -
Notification No. 31/2019 [S.O. 1495(E)] - (31/03/2019) -
Union Of India & Ors. Vs Shreya Sen & Anr. (Supreme Court of India) -
